Asbestopluma desmophora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Cladorhizidae
Genus: Asbestopluma
Subgenus: Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma)
Species: Asbestopluma desmophora

Name

Asbestopluma desmophora Kelly & Vacelet, 2011: 62

• Holotype: QM G331844, collected by NIWA on 16 April 2008.
• Type locality: “Stn TAN0803/102, Seamount 9 Hjort, Macquarie Ridge (Australian EEZ), 56.242°S, 158.462°E, 790–1025 m”.

References

Primary references

• Kelly, M. & Vacelet, J. 2011. Three new remarkable carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from deep New Zealand and Australian (Macquarie Island) waters. Zootaxa 2976(1): 55–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2976.1.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Asbestopluma desmophora in the World Register of Marine Species